Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002 Hazard:

29 CFR 1915.77(c): When employees are working aloft, or elsewhere at elevations more than 5 feet above a solid surface, the employer did not provide either scaffolds or a sloping ladder, meeting the requirements of this subpart, to afford safe footing, and the employees were not protected by safety belts and lifelines meeting the requirements of 1915.159 and 1915.160: a) On Board the USNS Red Cloud in Bayonne Dry Dock, Bayonne, NJ. Employees tasked with inspecting and painting an anchor chain locker were exposed to a fall of approximately 33 feet t to the base of the chain locker below while descending via half circle hand and foot holds in the chain locker's bulkhead wall. The employer did not provide a scaffold, a sloping ladder, nor fall protection. Violation observed on or about 04/19/2020.